Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Macwrite

  • 19-01-2017 10:15pm
    #1
    nightster1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    i have old word processing documents on my hard drive going back to the 1980's.. Many are no longer viewable. is there any way, i can view these old files?


    Also, after updating to current iPhoto, old photos are missing, hopefully these are hidden, rather than deleted. Any ideas?

    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    wow, been a while since I did anything with that, you are going to need an old mac with Clarisworks, or perhaps it could be done with sheep shaver http://sheepshaver.cebix.net

    Once in claris works it could be copied into word or a txt file. but there's no mass conversion tools, not any more anyway.

    Its a good bit of work I'm afraid.


  • #3
    nightster1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭nightster1


    Greentree_uk wrote: »
    wow, been a while since I did anything with that, you are going to need an old mac with Clarisworks, or perhaps it could be done with sheep shaver http://sheepshaver.cebix.net

    Once in claris works it could be copied into word or a txt file. but there's no mass conversion tools, not any more anyway.

    Its a good bit of work I'm afraid.

    Thanks for the info. I was hoping for software that could read old (pre word) documents.


  • #4
    markjbloggs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 294 ✭✭markjbloggs


    Would a functional Mac Plus circa 1988 be of any use?


  • #5
    nightster1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭nightster1


    markjbloggs wrote: »
    Would a functional Mac Plus circa 1988 be of any use?

    I expect it would. Thanks for the offer! I'll try the software route initially.


  • #6
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    Software does not exist I'm afraid, there used to. E translation software called maclink plus deluxe, it was only for Mac OS 9. And didn't always translate Macwrite docs, there were two versions of macwrite. V2 had better translation chances into AppleWorks and once there it could be copied and pasted into word.


    As advised my solution is your only sw option and the only one I would use as reverting back to a mac plus with floppy disks will take an age!


  • Advertisement
Advertisement